Environmental Impact Statement Completed

Sweetheart Lake Hydroelectric Project Special Use Authorization

Tongass National Forest Juneau, Alaska Juneau Ranger District

Issue a special use permit for the use and occupancy of National Forest System lands to construct, operate, and maintain a hydroelectric project based on the Final EIS issued by FERC.

Location

Lower Sweetheart Lake and Sweetheart Creek, within the City and Borough of Juneau, Alaska.

Project timeline

1
NOI in Federal Register
05/29/2014
2
DEIS NOA in Federal Register
10/29/2015
3
FEIS NOA in Federal Register
05/31/2016
4
Objection Period Start
06/01/2017
5
Decision
10/2017 (Estimated)
6
Implementation
10/2017 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Special AuthorityNepa Document Prepared By Another Federal Agency; Ira - Inventoried Roadless Area Activities Requiring Chief's Approval
Notice and Comment Regulation218 (2013) Non-HFRA
Project ActivitySpecial Use Authorizations
Sweetheart Lake Hydroelectric Project Special Use Authorization RODDecision Signed Date: 10/18/2017
ForestsTongass National Forest
DistrictsJuneau Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionNot Applicable
Special use management